'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' kicks off CBS holiday season of special events

by jmaloni

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Tue, Nov 26th 2013 08:00 pm

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CBS's holiday programming kicks-off
with "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and continues with "The 36th Annual
Kennedy Center Honors," "Frosty The Snowman," "Hoops&Yoyo Ruin Christmas," "A
Flight Before Christmas" and "The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story."

Schedule highlights:

Tuesday, Nov. 26 (8 p.m.): "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer": The
classic holiday special, narrated by Burl Ives, who is also heard as the
voice of Sam the Snowman, is a music story based on the popular song of the
same name by Johnny Marks. It recounts the tale of a shy reindeer whose
Christmas spirit is dampened because his shiny nose has made him the laughing
stock of all of Christmasville.

Thursday, Nov. 28 (9 a.m.): "The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS": Kevin
Frazier and Thea Andrews, co-hosts of "omg! Insider," will anchor
this CBS Thanksgiving tradition now in its 53rd year. The special will
feature portions of the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
live from New York City. The parade will feature performances by Grammy
Award-winning country music superstars Lady Antebellum, and the Broadway casts
of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella," "First Date" and "A Night with Janis
Joplin."

Friday, Nov. 29 (8:30 p.m.): "The Elf on the Shelf":An Elf's Story: An animated
feature based on the best-selling holiday children's book "The Elf on the Shelf" follows one of
the many scout elves from the North Pole, who helps Santa Claus determine who
to put on the naughty and nice lists. (Rebroadcast)

Saturday, Nov. 30 (8 p.m.): "The Flight Before Christmas": An
animated holiday special about a young reindeer with ambitions of becoming
an expert flyer like his father, features the voices of Emma Roberts and
comedian Norm MacDonald. (Rebroadcast)

Saturday, Nov. 30 (9 p.m.): "The
Story of Santa Claus": An animated
musical holiday special featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Betty
White and Tim Curry, the story revolves around a gentle toymaker whose only
wish is to deliver a toy to every child on Christmas. (Rebroadcast)

Friday, Dec. 6 (8 p.m.): "Frosty The Snowman": Frosty, that
"jolly, happy soul," whose old silk hat full of magic has turned
him into a musical Christmas legend, once again demonstrates his unique
showmanship. Narrated by Jimmy Durante, the special also includes the voices of
Jackie Vernon (as Frosty) and Billy De Wolfe (as Professor Hinkle). (Rebroadcast)

Friday, Dec. 6 (8:30 p.m.): "Yes, Virginia": This animated special
is based on the 1897 true story of Virginia O'Hanlon, an 8-year-old girl
who inspired the most famous newspaper editorial of all time by asking "Is
there a Santa Claus?" Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alfred
Molina voice key characters. Beatrice Miller voices the role of Virginia.
(Rebroadcast).

Saturday, Dec. 14 (8:30 p.m.): "Frosty Returns": The magic still in his
old silk hat, the holiday season's perennially popular original dancing snowman
continues his adventures and skates on the edge of danger. Jonathan Winters is
the narrator with John Goodman as the voice of Frosty. (Rebroadcast)

Wednesday, Dec. 18 (8 p.m.): "A Home for the Holidays with
Celine Dion": The special tells touching stories about adoption from
foster care to raise awareness for this important social issue. Inspirational
stories of families are enhanced with performances by some of today's most
popular artists.

Friday,
Dec. 20 (8 p.m.): "I Love Lucy
Christmas Special": Features two newly colorized back-to-back classic
episodes of the 1950s series: the seldom-seen "Christmas Episode" and
"Lucy's Italian Movie" (aka "Grape Stomping"). Both were
colorized with a vintage look, a nod to the 1950s period in which the shows
were filmed. The main titles and end credits of the two episodes are seamlessly
combined into one set - at the beginning and end of the hour - with no
interruption between the episodes.